Taking Advantage Of Your Opponent’s Bye Week Players

Whether you are in a head-to-head league or in a cumulative scoring league, the NFL bye weeks offer interesting dilemmas for fantasy owners. For the owner who has to go a week without their best player, the problem is obvious. But for the owner who is facing the team having to go without their stud, the issue is a little cloudier.

How can you take proper advantage of an opponent missing a guy who usually carries the week? This week that very question is on the minds of many, as Adrian Peterson, Steven Jackson, Thomas Jones, Brett Favre, and JaMarcus Russell (just kidding) all are riding the pine in Week 9.